ospidéal
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish ospitél (compare Scottish Gaelic ospadal), from Anglo-Norman ospitel, from Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɔsˠpʲəˈdʲeːl̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɔsˠpʲədʲeːlˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌsˠpʲədʲælˠ/
Noun
[edit]ospidéal m (genitive singular ospidéil, nominative plural ospidéil)
- hospital (building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- ospidéal ceantair (“district hospital”)
- ospidéal machaire (“field hospital”)
- ospidéal fiabhrais (“fever hospital”)
- ospidéal máithreachais (“maternity hospital”)
- ospidéal leithlise (“isolation hospital”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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ospidéal | n-ospidéal | hospidéal | t-ospidéal |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ospidéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ospitél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ospidéal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ospidéal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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- Irish terms derived from Old French
- Irish terms derived from Latin
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- ga:Buildings
- ga:Healthcare